| Cyprininae | |
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| Goldfish (Carassius auratus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae Rafinesque, 1815 |
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The Cyprininae are one of at least 11 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains three genera in its strictest definition but many more are included depending on which authority is defining it, especially if the Labeobarbinae is not considered to be a valid grouping.
Recognized genera
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- Arabibarbus (3 species)
- Barboides (2 species)
- Barbonymus (tinfoil barbs) (10 species)
- Capoeta (35 species)
- Carassioides (4 species)
- Carassius (5 species)
- Cyprinus (24 extant and 1 fossil species)
- Eechathalakenda (Channa barb)
- Gymnocypris (10 species)
- Labeobarbus (126 species)
- Palaeocarassius (4 species)
- Paraqianlabeo (1 species)
References
- Phylogeny of the subfamily cyprininae (Pisces: Cyprinidae), Z. Wei, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 1989
- Cyprininae, XL Chen, HJ Huang, Monographs of Cyprinidae in China, Shanghai, 1982
- Cyprininae, YL Luo, PQ Yue, Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes: Cypriniformes III. Science, 2000
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